| Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...To insure justice to the freedmen in all courts, they defined citizens of the United States to be " all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power ; " and provided that all citizens should be equal in all courts. 5. To break up the hold of the aristocracy... | |
| John Savage - Presidents - 1866 - 610 pages
...enacted tn/ the Senate and Home of Eepresentatwes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and such citizens... | |
| British and foreign freed-men's aid society - 1866 - 586 pages
...Mr. Johnson endeavoured to perpctrate upon freedom by his presidential vcto. " Be it Unacted, t'c., That all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and snch citizens... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1866 - 852 pages
...may not be declared unconstitutional by courts of competent jurisdiction. By that act it is enacted " that all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and such citizens,... | |
| Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1866 - 164 pages
...United States in their civil rights, and\ furnish the means of their vindication. Be it enacted, &c., That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, aro hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens... | |
| Alexander Del Mar, Simon Stern, James K. Hamilton Willcox - Social sciences - 1866 - 474 pages
...To insure justice to the freedmen in all courts, they denned citizens of the United States to be " all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power ; " and provided that all citizens should be equal in all courts. 5. To break up the hold of the aristocracy... | |
| Lillian Foster - Presidents - 1866 - 322 pages
...in which it originated) with my objections to its becoming a law. By the first section of the bill, all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States. This provision comprehends... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 826 pages
...inhabitants. And in lien thereof to insert " and such citizens ; " so as to make the section read : That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and such citizens... | |
| William Horatio Barnes - United States - 1868 - 716 pages
...State, there is no authority in the Constitution for this particular bill, which says that because he is a citizen of the United States he is to be considered...Senator from Maryland offered an amendment to the Freedmen's Bureau Bill to this effect: to strike out the words 'without distinction of color.' The... | |
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